People usually think that if they achieve something big, they will be happy... If I only get that raise, then I will be a happy person. If I only meet the right person, then I will be happy. When I finally get my business up and rolling, then I will be happy. Sorry, but it’s the other way around. When you are a happy, positive person, those things will find you. Here are 10 things happy people do: Express Gratitude Develop and achieve goals Perform random acts of kindness Savor life's joys Forgive Take care of their body Learn how to get over things … [Read more...]
Market Corrections??????
By now all of you have seen the recent ups and downs that the stock market has been throwing us lately. January started like gang busters and then we hit a “correction.” Many people panic when this starts happening. They call their financial advisors and yell “move everything to cash.” The advisers usually talk the client off the ledge and tell them to stay the course. In fact, if you would have sold during this latest correction and still been wary to go back in as of today, you would have lost a boat load of money. If you would have stayed, you probably would be close to the same amount you … [Read more...]
Is it Time for Employee Reviews?
How do you review or evaluate your employees? Do you meet with them at all? A fatal mistake for employers is never letting their employees know how they are doing, where they stand and what they need to do to improve. We are currently holding our employee reviews. Here is a guide you can use to help this process along. Action Step for You: Set up times to have reviews with your staff. … [Read more...]
The Gratitude Turkey
While in Bed Bath and Beyond this past November, I came upon an incredible project. It is called the “Turkey on the Table.” In short, it was a “gratitude turkey.” The goal of the project was to write down, for the 26 days leading up to and ending on Thanksgiving, a specific thing that you were grateful for. This was to be written on one of the “feathers” and placed into the turkey as its tail. This was an incredibly fun thing, I included my kids and my friend, Kay, in on it via text each day. I also sent a turkey to Rascal Ron (formerly Coach Ron, also known as Dr. Ron Arndt, my Business … [Read more...]
Your Report Card: Net Worth Worksheet
One of the questions on my Practice Management final at the dental school is, “What is your report card after graduation?” The answer is: Your net worth worksheet. While I know we are in a highly computer-automated society, for this exercise, we can still use a printed worksheet. Although money and assets are not the sole determinates of your life’s success, for this exercise pretend money is EVERYTHING! Zig Ziglar used to say, "Money is like oxygen - You really aren’t aware of it until you don’t have any.” Filling out a net worth document should be something you do at least once a year … [Read more...]